Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - SOM Reference

patterns Property

A SchemaStringCollection object is returned. The collection contains the pattern facets defined for the data type being queried.

Each string in the collection is a pattern construction. This construction uses a special regular expression language for its creation. The content value must match this pattern to be considered valid. For more information about the pattern facet, see Data Type Facets.

[Script]

Implementation Syntax

var objPatterns = oISchemaType.patterns;

Parameters

None.

Return Values

objPatterns
An object. A string collection of the pattern facets for the data type.
[Visual Basic]

Implementation Syntax

Set objPatterns = oISchemaType.patterns

Parameters

None.

Return Values

objPatterns
An object. A string collection of the pattern facets for the data type.
[C/C++]

Implementation Syntax

HRESULT get_patterns(ISchemaStringCollection** patterns);

Parameters

patterns [out,retval]
An object. A string collection of the pattern facets for the data type.

Return Values

S_OK
The value returned if successful.
E_POINTER
The value returned if patterns parameter is NULL.
E_FAIL
The value returned if something else is wrong.

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Note   If the facet is not used, the property will return an empty string collection.

See Also

Data Type Facets | Parts of Data Types

Applies to: ISchemaType Interface